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#CA72F8

#ca72f8 ≈ Heliotrope

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#ca72f8 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 79.22% red, 44.71% green and 97.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 18.55% cyan, 54.03% magenta, 0% yellow and 2.75% black. Its hue angle is 279.4°, with 90.54% saturation and 70.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Heliotrope (#df73ff), ΔE 3.52.

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Relative luminance0.3137

Complementary

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #a0f872

Split complementary

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #e3f872
  3. #72f887

Analogous

  1. #8772f8
  2. #ca72f8
  3. #f872e3

Triadic

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #f8ca72
  3. #72f8ca

Tetradic

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #f872a0
  3. #a0f872
  4. #72f8ca

Square

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #f88772
  3. #a0f872
  4. #72e3f8

Monochromatic

  1. #860ac7
  2. #af29f4
  3. #ca72f8
  4. #e5bbfc
  5. #f8ecfe

Shades

#ca72f8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #b667df
  3. #a25bc6
  4. #8d50ae
  5. #794495
  6. #65397c
  7. #512e63
  8. #3d224a
  9. #281732
  10. #140b19
  11. #000000

Tints

#ca72f8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #cf80f9
  3. #d58ef9
  4. #da9cfa
  5. #dfaafb
  6. #e5b9fc
  7. #eac7fc
  8. #efd5fd
  9. #f4e3fe
  10. #faf1fe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ca72f8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ca72f8
  2. #c373ec
  3. #bb75e0
  4. #b476d4
  5. #ac78c8
  6. #a579bc
  7. #9e7ab0
  8. #967ca4
  9. #8f7d98
  10. #877f8c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae8ac6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4d93fc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #6b9af5 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #c589aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9187fb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9a8cf6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #c780ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ca72f8 {
  color: #ca72f8;
}
Background
.bg-ca72f8 {
  background-color: #ca72f8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ca72f8 {
  border: 2px solid #ca72f8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ca72f8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 202 114 248;
  --color-primary-hsl: 279 91% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ca72f8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ca72f8, #f872e3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ca72f8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(202 114 248 / 0.35);
}

#df73ff Heliotrope ΔE 3.52 #b57edc Floral Lavender ΔE 5.78 #da70d6 Orchid ΔE 7.36 #ee82ee Violet ΔE 8.61 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.80 #ff77ff Fuchsia Pink ΔE 9.08 #9370db Medium Purple ΔE 10.31 #358d07 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Heliotrope
#ca72f8  rgb(202, 114, 248)  hsl(279, 91%, 71%)  Heliotrope
#a0f872  rgb(160, 248, 114)  hsl(99, 91%, 71%)  Inchworm
#f8ca72  rgb(248, 202, 114)  hsl(39, 91%, 71%)  Topaz
#72f8ca  rgb(114, 248, 202)  hsl(159, 91%, 71%)  Aquamarine